Check your tailpipe for bananas now, because CBS on Tuesday ordered a pilot for Shawn Ryan’s Beverly Hills Cop. The network also greenlit a drama pilot from Bones boss Hart Hanson and a sitcom from a Friends producer. READ MORE

Stand-up comedian Brandon T. Jackson has landed the plum role of Axel Foley’s son in the Beverly Hills Cop television pilot being developed for CBS by Shawn Ryan (The Shield) and the original BHC himself, Eddie Murphy.

As Aaron Foley, Jackson — whom our sister site Deadline says was suggested by Murphy for the lead — will play …READ MORE

The original Beverly Hills Cop, Eddie Murphy, prolific producer Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Terriers) and Sony Pictures Television are developing a follow-up TV series that will revolve around Axel Foley’s son, who is also a Detroit police officer about to undergo culture shock. READ MORE